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• Gene variant linked to asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness
• Pulmonary artery pressure linked to exercise function in COPD patients
• Menstrual cycle affects lung function in asthmatic women
• Schizophrenia patients have fear appraisal impairments
• Schizophrenia linked to increases in neuronal density in the cingulate cortex
• Computer program identifies patients at HIT risk
• Triglyceride levels in childhood predict early onset adult CVD
• Impact of BP lowering in acute stroke varies with age
• Low risk for death from second cancer after radical prostatectomy
• Diabetes protection against prostate cancer ‘not due to sex hormones’
• National screening program reveals high breast cancer rates after SRT
• Lp-PLA₂ expression in carotid plaques predicts long term CV outcome
• Triglyceride levels in childhood predict early onset adult CVD
• Obstructive sleep apnea highly prevalent in Type 2 diabetes patients
• High IL-18 levels linked to future diabetes risk in healthy middle-aged women
• Microvascular obstruction is major determinant in MI healing
• MRI may help predict sudden cardiac death in HCM patients

Gene variant linked to asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A genetic variant in the region of the thymic stromal lymphopoietin gene is associated with phenotypes of asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness, research suggests.

Pulmonary artery pressure linked to exercise function in COPD patients Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Increased pulmonary artery pressure is associated with reduced exercise ability in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, study results show.

Menstrual cycle affects lung function in asthmatic women Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Changes in lung function occur over the course of the menstrual cycle in both asthmatic and nonasthmatic women, but through different mechanisms, research shows.

Schizophrenia patients have fear appraisal impairments Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A study of emotion antecedents in patients with schizophrenia suggests that they have difficulty processing fearful emotions, which may reflect a lower degree of emotional awareness than in healthy individuals.

Schizophrenia linked to increases in neuronal density in the cingulate cortex Posted: 18 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Study results show an increased neuronal density of white matter in the cingulate cortex in schizophrenia and in some cases of bipolar disorder, suggesting that the two disorders may share a common underlying defect in neurodevelopment.

Computer program identifies patients at HIT risk Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT A computerized system can alert physicians to patients at risk for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia based on subtle platelet count changes, say US researchers.

Triglyceride levels in childhood predict early onset adult CVD Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT High levels of triglycerides in childhood is a significant predictor of early onset cardiovascular disease in adulthood, report researchers in the journal Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental.

Impact of BP lowering in acute stroke varies with age Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT The effect of blood pressure changes on prognosis after acute ischemic stroke is strongly influenced by the patient's age, a large clinical study suggests.

Low risk for death from second cancer after radical prostatectomy Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Men who undergo radical prostatectomy have a 4% risk for death from a second cancer within 10 years of surgery, research shows.

Diabetes protection against prostate cancer ‘not due to sex hormones’ Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT The duration of diabetes mellitus is inversely associated with the risk for developing prostate cancer, but sex hormones, including testosterone, do not play a role in this protective effect, Iranian researchers have discovered.

National screening program reveals high breast cancer rates after SRT Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Young women treated with supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma are three times more likely than the general population to have breast cancer in later life, show results from a national notification risk assessment and screening program in the UK.

Lp-PLA<sub>2</sub> expression in carotid plaques predicts long term CV outcome Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Expression of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 in carotid plaques significantly increases the risk for future cardiovascular events, show study results.

Triglyceride levels in childhood predict early onset adult CVD Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT High levels of triglycerides in childhood is a significant predictor of early onset cardiovascular disease in adulthood, report researchers in the journal Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental.

Obstructive sleep apnea highly prevalent in Type 2 diabetes patients Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is highly prevalent in individuals with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes and is associated with abdominal obesity, show study results.

High IL-18 levels linked to future diabetes risk in healthy middle-aged women Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT High plasma levels of interleukin 18 are associated with development of Type 2 diabetes in a healthy population of middle-aged women, independent of established risk factors for the disease, report researchers in the journal Diabetologia.

Microvascular obstruction is major determinant in MI healing Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT The long-term recovery of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction is profoundly influenced by the extent of microvascular obstruction 1 week after intervention, study results suggest.

MRI may help predict sudden cardiac death in HCM patients Posted: 17 Aug 2009 05:00 PM PDT Myocardial fibrosis is a significant predictor of spontaneous ventricular arrhythmia and risk for sudden cardiac death in patients with confirmed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, study results demonstrate.

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